Crime

25-year-old Emily Williams, from Kidwelly, has been given a five-year prison sentence after a serious assault in Swansea city centre. The assault took place in Peppermint, Wind Street, in November 2022. The victim sustained serious facial injuries after being attacked with a glass. Officers attended the scene and the suspect Emily Williams was identified and […]

Each of the men have been jailed for eight years and one month respectively for deliberately enticing the victim to a remote location, and once there subjecting him to significant violence and restraining him by handcuffs. Mohammad Comrie, aged 22, of Leeds; Faiz Shah, aged 22, of Bradford; and 20-year-old Elijah Ogunnubi-Sime of Croydon, deceived […]

APPEAL | Officers are investigating a burglary which took place at Furnace Post Office, Llanelli, on Tuesday November 5, 2024, at approximately 6.30pm. Two suspects...

Six arrests were made over the weekend of Saturday 30 September to Sunday 1 October 2023 following a series of concerning incidents at the Stradey Park Hotel. At around 10.25pm on Saturday (30 September), Dyfed-Powys Police received reports a vehicle was on fire on the hotel grounds. The fire was quickly extinguished by a police officer with no injuries reported. A 48-year-old man from Caerphilly, and two women, aged 53 and 52, from Cleveland and Peterborough, were arrested on suspicion of arson and other offences. They have been released on bail pending further police enquiries. During Sunday afternoon (1 October), […]

Cannabis plants worth more than £860,000 have been seized from properties in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Powys in just one week as police continue their crackdown on industrial scale drug production. Dyfed-Powys Police took part in Operation Mille 3 – a week-long national policing operation aimed at disrupting large scale cannabis factories established by organised crime […]

MURDER TRIAL UPDATE | Two men have been jailed in connection with the murder of Ashley Sarsero. James Alan Smith (pictured left), aged 35, was today sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 28 years for murder. Steven George Morgan (pictured right), aged 36, was jailed for four-and-a-half years for assisting an offender. […]

A grieving mum has described the devastating loss of her ‘loving, caring and funny’ son as his killer is jailed. Liam Morgan Whittle died after suffering catastrophic head injuries from two punches following a night out in Llanelli. He was just 22. Today, Jason Thomas has been jailed for manslaughter after admitting to dealing the […]

A teenage girl has been found guilty of attempting to murder two teachers and a pupil following an incident at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Carmarthenshire. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been found guilty of the three charges following a trial at Swansea Crown Court. She had previously admitted to three […]

WANTED | We’re appealing for information to find Leo Bailey (pictured). The 22-year-old is wanted in relation to a suspected arson at Met Bar, Llanelli,...

Charged | Man charged with manslaughter Jason Thomas, 39, from Llanelli, has been charged with manslaughter following an incident on Saturday, March 25th 2023. Police were called to a property in Robinson St, Llanelli to concerns for the welfare of a man. Liam Rhys Morgan-Whittle, 22, was taken to hospital where he sadly passed away. […]